Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Edo State Commissioner of Police, CP Johnson Kokumo today, paraded three persons, a boy and two girls suspected to be connected with the explosion that occurred in Okpilla, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, on Monday evening.The police commissioner, who gave the names of those arrested as Idris Ibrahim, 22, and two females, Zainab Ibrahim and Oyeza Abdul all of Kogi State told journalists that the suspects specialized in manufacturing bombs, adding that the police recovered some Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, from them.

A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has sentenced a woman, Onwe Nwakaego, 25, from Abakpa Nike Enugu, to six months imprisonment without the option of fine, for child trafficking.Two defendants, Onwe Nwakaego (f) and Onwe Ifeanyi (m), were arraigned on January 17th 2018 by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for engaging a 7 years old child as a domestic worker, an act contrary to Section 23 (1)(a) of the Trafficking In Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

At least 12 people were killed on Wednesday when a suicide bomb exploded around Muna Garage area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, officials have said.The explosion occurred at about 5:05 p.m., Abdulkadir Ibrahim, a spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said in a statement.

A group of Tanzanian Muslims who have been held in prison since 2013 on terror charges stripped naked in an unusual protest to demand the start of their trial, a witness said Wednesday.Some 60 Muslims were detained nearly five years ago following a series of deadly attacks in Arusha, a mainly Christian city in the north, but they have yet to go on trial.

Everton have completed the signing of Theo Walcott from Arsenal in a deal worth more than £20m on a three-and-a-half year contract.Walcott, 28, becomes Sam Allardyce’s second signing of the January transfer window following the £27m paid for striker Cenk Tosun from Besiktas.

The Police Command in Zamfara State said on Wednesday that it had arrested five suspected kidnappers and cattle rustlers and recovered 31 cows from them.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Shehu, in a statement in Gusau, said a police team arrested the three-man gang of suspected kidnappers while on patrol along Ruwan-Dawa village of Dansadau Emirate in Maru Local Government Area of the state.

It has been revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday signed a two–year contract extension with Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr.

According to Punch Metro, NFF 1st Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, explained that Rohr, initially taken on board in July 2016, deserved the extension after qualifying the Super Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, even with a match to spare.

A 9-year-old girl, John Kehinde has sustained severe burns after her grandmother allegedly set fire on her two hands for allegedly eating the food that belonged to her brother.The incident happened on Tuesday around 1:45pm in Erin-Osun in the state.

Bitcoin slid as much as 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week low, as worries about a regulatory crackdown on the market spread after reports suggested it was still possible that South Korea could ban trading in cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin’s slide triggered a selloff across the broader cryptocurrency market, with biggest rival Ethereum down 23 percent on the day at one point, according to trade website Coinmarketcap, and the next biggest, Ripple, plunging by as much as a third.

An official of Stanbic IBTC Plc, Mr. Adedayo Adesanmi, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday that the accounts of a businessman, Jide Omokore, kept with the bank and into which $1.6bn proceeds of sales of Federal Government’s crude oil were allegedly diverted, had been closed down as a result of “a worldwide freezing order”.Adesanmi, who is a Senior Manager with the bank and the Relationship Manager for the two companies’ accounts, disclosed this while testifying as the fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Omokore and others before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba.

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on the people of the South East region of the country to rise up to reject vehemently the proposed grazing colonies.

The President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State chapter, Chief Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, who made the call in a statement issued, in Enugu, on Tuesday night, called on “governors of all Southeast states, our senators, members of House of Representatives, members of the state Houses of Assembly in the Southeast, the traditional Institutions and other major stakeholders and indeed the entire Igbo nation to rise up against any form of internal colonization under any guise.”

Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information, said on Tuesday that insurgents and terrorists were hiding behind the crisis between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the country to cause violence.Momoh, one of the national leaders of the ruling APC, said the issue of frequent clashes was not new to Nigeria but that the latest dimension it had assumed showed that some people were hiding behind it to cause division in the country.

Veteran rapper, Missy Elliott has paid tribute to her late friend and singer Aaliyah whose 39th birthday would have been today, January 16, 2017.The "Work It" rapper tweeted a lengthy message in memory of Aaliyah with a number of throwback pictures showing the two friends laughing and smiling.

The ripples generated by President Donald Trump’s alleged disparaging comments continued on Tuesday with 78 former United States Ambassadors who served in Africa writing the president to remind him about the continent’s great exploits and potentials.

“Africa is a continent of great human talent and rich diversity, as well as extraordinary beauty and almost unparalleled natural resources,” the former senior diplomats said in a joint statement delivered at the White House Tuesday. “It is also a continent with deep historical ties with the United States.”

President Muhammadu Buhari has been lauded by the apex elitist and leadership socio-cultural organisation of the Ogoni ethnic nationality, KAGOTE (Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme) for his administration’s efforts to better the lives and living condition of Nigerians.KAGOTE stated this yesterday in a five-point communique at the end of its congress at Borobara in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, which was signed by its President, Dr. Peter Medee, of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).

Real Madrid’s Portuguese superstar has reportedly told his bosses at the Santiago Bernabeu to pay him as much as his arch-rival, Lionel Messi, earns at Barcelona or he will leave.According to reports from Europe, the 32-year-old talisman is demanding a whopping £17m pay rise that will increase his earnings at the La Liga and UEFA Champions League reigning champions to £35.5m.

This Morning viewers were left fuming today as the daughter of multi-millionaire parents Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow bragged about the "obscene" amount she is given as part of her monthly allowance.

Millionaires Tony and Barrie made history in 1999 when they became the first gay couple to father children - twins Saffron and Aspen - by a surrogate mother.

A secondary school student, Sopuruchukwu Onuoha, has been arrested by operatives of the Owerri Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly raping his neighbour (names withheld). However, the18-year-old, who hails from Ekwereazu in Ahiazu Mbaise Council Area of the state, has denied the allegation.The victim, who spoke to Southern City News on Tuesday, insisted that Onuoha raped her and she wouldn’t have anything to gain by lying against him.

Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has formally confirmed his retirement from football, more than two years since his last appearance as a professional.The 37-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona star, a key member of the Brazil side which won the World Cup in 2002, last played in 2015 during a brief stint with Fluminense.

The Federal High Court, Ikoyi has nullified the Ex Parte Order earlier issued on 3rd July 2017 approving the appointment of an Interim Board for Emerging Markets Telecommunications Service (EMTS), now 9mobile.

The company is the fourth largest telecommunications service operator in Nigeria.

The Presidency Tuesday night told the General Secretary of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Musa Asake to face his religious calling and not to meddle into politics.The Presidency also debunked the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has violated some provisions of the nation’s constitution.

Former Super Eagles captain, Kanu Nwankwo, has called the attention of the general public to the refusal of AMCON to respect court orders by refusing to release his hotel located in Lagos to him.Kanu’s property, known as Hardly Apartment Located at Victoria Island, Lagos, has been put under temporary possession of AMCON.

A property allegedly belonging to the former first lady, Patience Jonathan, was on Tuesday demolished by the FCT Development Control Department.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the building, which is inside A. Aruera – Reachout Foundation/Women For Change and Development Initiative, is situated on Shehu Yar’Adua Way along Mabushi–Kado–Life Camp Expressway, Abuja.

With a black belt around her waist, Cheyenne Rose Antoine smiles as she captures a selfie with her best friend Brittney Gargol in a kitchen.The pals appear to be in good spirits, but just hours after the snap was posted online, 18-year-old Brittney was found with fatal injuries on a road.

Ibadan street in Ebute Metta, Lagos is gradually becoming a 'Mini Mecca' as thousands have been trooping to there to sight "Laillai inla lau" which allegedly 'appeared' on the ground overnight.Watch video below

A former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has been released on bail by the anti-graft agency, EFCC.Mr. Jang, now a senator, is being investigated for alleged misappropriation of public funds while he was governor. A panel of inquiry set up by the Plateau State Government had earlier indicted the ex-governor of misappropriation of funds.

A Nigerian man, Ayobamidele Majekodunmi, is defending himself online after it was alleged that he was a serial gold digger. The allegation – with DMs to back it up – were released through another Instagram account that he claims was hacked by his ex-girlfriends.

In the DMs released, his conversations were about dating only the daughters of rich men. See below.

The trial of a former Group Managing Director GMD, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu continued on January 16, 2018 before Justice A. R. Mohamed of the Federal High Court Abuja with the EFCC’s third witness telling the court how foreign currencies believed to be proceeds of crime were recovered in a fireproof safe in an apartment belonging to the former NNPC boss in Kaduna.The witness, Ahmed Yahaya, an operative of the EFCC Kano Zonal Office gave details of how he came across the $9,772,500 and 74,000 pounds sterling in the said apartment.He said,

Rapper, Nelly has reportedly admitted to having unprotected sex with the lady accusing him of rape and says it was consensual.

Recall that in October 2017, Nelly was arrested after a lady identified as Monique Greene accused him of raping her in his tour bus in Washington. But the case was later dismissed by prosecutors after the young lady refused to testify about the alleged assault.

Rapper, Lil Wayne’s ex-wife and mother of his first child, Toya Wright, has finally debuted the father of her second child she’s set to have.Posting a photo of the pair at their baby shower, she captioned the photo: Pop the Champagne?? we seem to be expecting a little Reign! #reignsparents #showeringreign

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday announced that the state government has set aside N50 million for the education of a one-year-old girl, Purity, pictured above with him, whose parents were killed in the Omoku attack on January 1st this year.Recall that on New Year day, cult members led by their leader, Don Wanny who was recently killed, carried out a massive attack in Omoku community and its environs, killing more than 20 persons.

A man, Edet Asuquo, has fled his home in the Idi Araba area of Lagos State after he nearly killed his newborn baby, Gift Asuquo.Little Gift’s offence was that she was a girl, as 32-year-old Edet was alleged to have said he didn’t see her usefulness and threatened to kill her.

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday was thrown into a rowdy session as it was about recording the first official cross-carpeting for the year 2018.Senator Sonni Ogbuoji ( Ebonyi South) had come under order 43 of the rules of the Senate to announce his official defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Some operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service on Wednesday shot a man to death in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos.The officials had reportedly chased a yellow commercial bus, popularly called Danfo, to the spot and opened fire on it.

The cleric said it was a must for people to pay tithe, even if their pastor embezzled it.Speaking with Vanguard, the cleric said tithing had been in existence since Abrahamic era and could not be stopped for any reason.He said, “When you speak about the things of God, you need to speak out of the knowledge which reveals the mind of God and not from convenience or circumstance. A lot of the people who spoke against tithe spoke because they don’t pay and they probably want to get people to align with them.

In the divorce case between a sexagenarian, Mr Muyili Oshode, and his wife, Ibidunni, the Igando Customary Court in Lagos State on Monday dissolved the 44-year marriage on the ground that the wife turned her husband into an impotent person.The court’s president, Mr Akin Akinniyi, delivering his judgment said the petitioner was adamant despite all mediation from the court and family intervention.

As reactions continue to trail the recent attack on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen were over 80 people were killed, a civil society group has slammed the state governor, Samuel Ortom for allegedly setting out to wipe out some ethnic group from the state.The group, under he auspices of Good Governance and Transparency Initiative (GGTI), alleged that Ortom has been been arming militants, whom he instructed to cleanse out specific ethnic groups from the state based on the anti-grazing law that has remained a subject of contention.

Officers of the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arrested an Islamic cleric, Alfa Kayode Abdul-Fatai in Alakuko area of the State for being in illegal possession of human parts including a female private organ.The suspect, who was arrested at No. 4, Okedumola Street, Off Obadare area of Alakuko, was said to have also been caught with female heart and a female lap discovered in his room.

A Nigerian man has been left shell-shocked after his wife confessed during a fight that their children belong to her lover.Detectives at Ejigbo Police Station, Lagos State Command are battling to resolve a marital rift between a couple, Mr Monday Itoro and his wife Idoroyen over the paternity of a set of twins after she confessed that their children belong to her boyfriend.

A middle-aged man, identified as Mbiti Munyao in Kangundo constituency, Machakos area of Kenya has been arrested for allegedly raping two goats to death.According to the area assistant Chief Mary Mulwa, Munyao was seen pulling the two goats from a bush where the animals had been tied on Saturday, January 13. The two goats were said to have taken their last breath after Munyao was done with them.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Wednesday arraign Mohammed Adamu, the son of the ex-Nasarawa State governor and current lawmaker representing Nasarawa-West senatorial district, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, with alleged fraud to the tune of N92m.The EFCC said in a statement by its acting Spokesman, Mr. Samin Amaddin, that the suspect would be charged alongside one Felix Ojiako before a Federal High Court sitting in Kano on five counts bordering on money laundering.

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said that Nigerians are inadvertently pushing the nation towards another civil war through hate speeches, wickedness and massive killings going on in the country.The governor said the nation was lucky to come out of the first civil war but stressed that Nigeria might not be lucky if it was plunged into another round of civil war now.

A former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, has said that he will contest for presidency in the 2019 general elections.

Duke, who declared his interest for the plum job at the 3rd Mike Omotosho Annual Lecture titled, “Mellinials as Protagonists in Nation Building,” on Sunday night in Abuja, promised to kick-start the process at the right circumstances.